Dirigible headlight for automobiles.



Patented Ja11.26, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1` @wmf MW s. 'FLOBRSAHEIM DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT PORAUTOMOBILES.

. on a line 2 Ito l?) lilhlll ill SAMUEL FEERSHEIM,

or new rena., e.

iislleaton filed September fg.

T o all whom it may conce/m.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL FLoensHnizir, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing' at New York city, borough of Manhattan, county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements inDiri'ihle Headlights for .frutomw hilos, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in automobiles and relates moreparticularly to a novel arrangement of the head-lamps.

The object of the invention is to provide dirigible head lights or headlamps arranged to turn simultaneously with the front wheels in orderthat the light emittedfroni the head-lamps will be cast in the directionin which the vehicle is going. For traveling` at night this arrangementhas a great advantage over the fixed head-lamps; as it will not onlyshow up the road,whenround ing a curve, but will also indicate to anoncoming vehicle the direction in which the vehicle, pr vided with suchhead-lamps, i turning.

A further feature oi my invention is a device whereby the headdainps canbe held stationary at will; hence in the daytime the lamps can be causedto remain 'Fixed regardless of the device for turning them.

l .will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novelfeatures of which l will point out in the appended claims, retei'encelining had to the accoinpanyingF drawing, forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure l is a Jfront View of a motor-rehicle equipped with myimprovement, certain parts not necessary to my invention heing omitted;Fig, 2 is an enlarged sectional View broken away., the section beingtaken 2 inrliig. i: Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail plan View,the section taken on a line 3 3 in Fig. 2; llig. 4 is a side elevationof one-half of one. ot' the lamp-support brackets, the view being takenon a line 44, iii ll'ig. 3, the lamp spindle and rotatable rod beingshown partly in section. is a sectional plan View, the section beingtaken on a line 5-5 in Fig. el; and Fig. 6 is a side view of anotherforni of alainp lockingl device.

Referring to the drawing, my invention consists of a plurality ofhead-lamps l. and 2 arranged to turn in unison with the tuin movement ofthe front wheels il and. i. To operate lamps, preferably sonnentSpecification of Letters .lister-.4.x

Patent-eil, s?

Serial No. 861,536,

thein with the cross-rod 5 of the steering-V gear, the said rodconnectingv the steering;- 6 and 7 on the knuckles El and 9. lo supportthe lamps l and 2, l provide bearings l0, one ou each il'raiiieineinberll and l2, each bearing being;` secured to the tra nie-members in anydesirable manner, for instance by the clainp 13. Each hearing 'l0rotatably supports two inenibers la and l5 constituting; a rod to turnthe lamps. To each upper member le l secure a lamp in any desirablemanner, the lower Ineinber 15 being connected to the cross-rod 5 by anarm 16. The outer end of each arin 16 is provided with a hub 17 througllwhich a pin 18, carried by eachpost-ineinher l5, passes and is adaptedto slide therein iii a vertical direction. When the cross-rod 5 islocated ahead of the axle 19, the postmenibers l5 will be oset as at 20to provide an aiin to rotate the said post-member, the pin 18 being;tlocated at the lower end of the arm 20. Should the cross-rod ne lootedthe rear the axle the arin 20 the cross-rod 5 is ahead of the axle, itwill move in the he obvious that the lainps l and 2 will turn in thedirection imparted to the wheels 3 and l by the operator of the vehicle.

To steady the lamps l preferably connect them at the tops by a tiered203 engaging hearings 21 on the top oi each lainp. Each bearing 2l isconnected by a brace 22 to the aprons 28 -of the mud-gu rds 24." Each.lamp l and 2 is provided with. a pin rotatably supported lby its hearing2l. The rod Q0 may be utilized as a licensebraclret it desirable.Shouldv l at any time desire to hold the lamps l and -2 fixed,particularly during daylight, l provide means 'whereby the lamp-spindles.li can he disconnected from the post-members l5.

By referrinfj to i. nrs. il and it will he seen that e. bearing l0consist,c of two members 2G and connected h ,f holt` 28.

' 34, the bearing 10 In other words, the bearings 10 are split in orderto receive the collars and 3l on the spindle 14 and post-member 15,respectively, the said collars being rotatably seated in recesses orrabbets 29.

When the spindle 14and member 15. or post-members are locked togetherthe lamps l and 2 will turn or rotate whenever the steering wheel (notshown) is operatedto change the course of the vehicle.

To lock the post-members together I provide each member, or spindle 14thereof, with a slot 32 and each post-member 15 with a slot 33 in whicha key 34 will slide, the key being 4operated by a lever 36 pivoted as at37 in the bearing 10. The arm 38 of the lever 36 is provided with asegment 39 adapted to enga ea slot 40 in the key eing provided with arecess or pocket 41 extensive enough to permit the key to travel withthe post when Said post is rotated. The segment 39 is also long enoughto keep in engagement with the slot 40 at all times.

When the key 34 is positioned as shown in Fig. 4, the post-members 14and 15 will be locked together and will turn in unison. Should I desireto have the lamps 1 and 2 remain iiXed, I would depress the outer end ofthe lever 36, thereby raising the key'out of the slot 33, in thepost-member 15, into the slot 32 in the post-member or spindle 14; at`such times the lamps will not turn with the Wheels.

If desirable the key 34 can be raised to unlockthe post-members by meansof an electro-magnet 41 acting upon an armature 42 carried by a lever 43whichl in turn will actuate the key 34, the magnet being controlled by apush-button on the vehicle.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. In dirigible lamp supportingI and operlatingmechanism for motorvehicles, a lamp lever arm connecting said post member with thecross-rod of the vehicle steering gear.

2,. In dirigible lamp supporting and operating mechanism for motorvehicles, a lamp supporting and operating rod comprising two membersconsisting -of an upper rotatable spindle and a lower rotatable postmember in vertical alinement with said spindle, a keyway formed in saidspindle and a co-incident key-way formed in said post member, a lockingkey slidably mounted in said key-ways and normally locking y saidspindle and post member together, electro-magnetic .means to disengagesaid spindle and post member, and a lever arm connecting said postmember with the crossrod of the vehicle steering gear.

3. In -dirigible lamp supporting and operating mechanism for motorvehicles, a lamp Asupporting and operating rod comprising two membersconsisting of an upper rotatable spindle and a lower rotatable postmember in vertical alinement with said spindle, and means for releasablylocking said members together.

Signed at New York city, N. Y. this 10.

day of September, 1914. y Y

SAMUEL FLOERSHEIM.

Witnesses:

MAURICE BLOCK, EDWARD A. JARvrs.

